Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-03-31
to live, whether he be farmer, manu-

ASK you 10 COME tp MeAiNo a"' "a"
drain county; come til town free
ffom debt with schools unsurpassed
with electric lights, water'works,
fine streets, fine business houses. and
fine people-in fact, everything that
goes to make up Il fine city; come tc
a county that don't owe one dollar,
which has ali her stream, hridged anti
well bridged at that; where stock,
raising has grown to be great
industry; where good roads can be
found, where thrifty intelligent farm
ers can he found, where everything
desired by first. class farmer can be
had. All those looking for such a
place in which to live we ask them
to come~not to help us shoulder n
debt, but to enjoy with us what br
good management we are able and
wiling to share with you. Look to
your interest and come 10 Mexico or
Audrain county and partake of the
good things prepared for you.
AUDRAIN's CATTLE INTERESTS.
The cattle industry of Audrain
county leads all others The Assess
or's books show n list of % ,663 heat
cattle:
! Present cash value 81 ,O94 ,535 90
| Hogs, number. 49, ,244, value. 1872 ,i4O 90
Sheep, number, $40, value. 25,935 oO
The smallest rs well as the largest
farmer has learned that there is no
money in scrub stock. Their day is
past. The shorthorn is king. He
now monopolizes the rich blue grass
timothy and clover pastures OF our
county. There are also some nice
herds of Herefords, Holsteins, Polled
Angus, Galloways and other grades
contending for the supremacy. Many
car loads of cattle shipped from here
have averaged 1000 pounds per head,
while the general average ranges from
1850 to LOO pounds per head.
Audrain county cattle, owing t.
their superior grade, sm"oihness and
good feeding command IA higher price
than those of other states cffered III
the markets of S.. Louis ard Chicago
Cattle and hog rai,ihg 20 hand in
hand. AS hogs foilo" the coln-fed
cattle the cost If hog rai,iug is light.
With the good feeding and CAFE they
receive, a large per centage of them
are put in the market by the time
they are twelve months old. This
means ready cash annually in the
farmers pockets. The Berkshire ana
Poland China are the principal breeds.
We have some fine flocks of sheep
throughout the county, Cotswold,
Merinos and Southdowns; and
though this industry is yet compare
lively in its infancy there is lively
interest awakened owing to the nice
clean profits already realized.
For the development of stock
raising, mild and healthy climate, a
glance at the map of the United
States shows that we are favorably
located on the broad highway be-
tween the East and great West; 3 1-2
hours from st. Lonis and about 12
hours from Chicago, the great central
markets of this western country.
With our undulating prairies, in
.terspersed with valuable belts of
timber, affording shade and shelter,
our inexhaustible soil, producing the
richest grasses in the world, well wa
tered by running streams, leaves
nothing wanting which nature could
supply to make this the most desira-
BILE country to be found anywhere for
the profitable raising of stock and
the happy abode of man. Mexico,
the county seat, is one of the nine
shipping points for stock in the
county, and the following item,
taken from the books of the freight
offices at this point during the past
twelve months, may be of interest:
Cattle, 1877 car loads: hogs, 1876;
horses and mules, 81; sheep, 21. To
this could be added large item in
supplying the demand of the sur
rounding country for our high grade
of horses and cattle. Here is to be
found the true basis of wealth. No
county indebtedness, large interest
bearing fund, light taxes and the
inevitable result an independent,
happy and prosperous people.
HORSES AND MULES
The raising of horses and mules
now Constitutes one of the most ex-
tensiye and profitable industries of
the county. According to our last
assessment there were 1911 horses,
ASS mules and 10s jacks and jen-
nets more than one year old. In
the county, the colts under one year
old would swell the number to at
least fifteen thousand, which would
represent a real value of more than
one and half million dollars. 1t
has been proven to the satisfaction
of our stock growers that horses and
mules will develop as rapidly and in
to as fine formed individuals under
our genial climate and sustained by
our nutritious grasses, as they do in
any other portion Of the continent.
which has encouraged many of our
citizens to invest large sums of money
in the best breeds, and individuals
of both stations and jacks they
could procure and, to-day our trot
ting and roadster horses here are
by the sons of such
noted sires as Smuogter. Haupy Me-